Grace Stone, who later learns her true identity is Sapphira, is a loner
who survives abuse in the foster care system after being abandoned as a
child. A brilliant student, she escapes from her brutal foster parents
as a teenager and creates a life for herself.
But, her life is little more than existence; plagued with questions
about what she really is, a family that she has never known and the
never-ending need to keep her differences hidden.

She is alone and lonely, believing it will always remain so until
Malachi appears in her life. Malachi, a Guardian of the vampire
communities, has searched for his life mate, Sapphira, for decades. He
refuses to cease searching for Sapphira even though she
is believed dead by all. Conflict arises over the decades between
Malachi and his family because of his refusals to accept another mate.
But his very soul drives him on to continue his search, knowing that he
could not exist if Sapphira were not in the world,
somewhere.

Sallie writes:

Inspiration
– Motivation, I look at these words and question what moved me to write
Yesterday’s Daughter. One would think
that it’s an easy question to answer. In
truth, for me, there hasn’t been an overwhelmingly clear answer. I can’t make claims to having aspired to be a
writer since childhood, of always keeping a diary of ideas, or having an experience
that acted as a catalyst. I feel
somewhat at a deficit because I don’t have a clear cut answer.

For
me, writing Yesterday’s Daughter became a compulsion that crept up on me. The analogy I use is that of a person who
becomes an addict after being prescribed medication for pain. They start out following the directions
exactly, taking the medication at the prescribed intervals. Then at some point, they can’t function without
the pills and don’t know how they reached that point.

Writing
has become my addiction, slowly creeping out of the depths of my subconscious,
my dreams. I’ve never written a book
before and had never given any thought to writing one until a couple of years
ago when I finally started to put pen to paper, although the seed was planted
before then.

It
was about five years ago that I started having dreams about Malachi and
Sapphira that progressed to the point that I was hearing conversations between them
when awake. The dreams and conversations
came in snippets and brief glances. At
first, I ignored the dreams but eventually began to consider what it could mean
for me creatively. And when the
characters began to encroach on my waking hours to the point where they
couldn’t be ignored; I began writing. That was a couple of years ago.

I’ve enjoyed writing
this book and the response from fans.
But it’s mostly the characters that motivate me to continuing writing,
to continue their story. I know this is
a roundabout way of answering the question, but it’s the best answer I have to
give. I didn’t know there was a
storyteller inside me, in my dreams, but she’s awake now and wants to explore.

About the Author:

I can’t remember a time when vampires have gotten more attention. With shows like
True Blood, The Vampire Diaries and Being Human and popular books like the
Twilight and Dark Series, it’s seems like they’re
everywhere. Vampires have always been my favorite supernatural
characters. But why? Why am I fascinated with these fantasy beings? Why
are you? My interest drove me to write a book,
Yesterday’s Daughter. But I could have written about anything,
werewolves, cat people or some other paranormal beings, but I chose
vampires. Why, I wrote about vampires? I’m not sure I can fully explain
why. Maybe I chose vampires because they exude
prowess and majesty. But, that would be an all too simple answer. And
when I think about it, I know it’s not a complete answer. But it’s a
start. What do you think? Why are so many people so interested in these
mythical creatures.

As for me, I was born on a farm in the rural South to a family of
migrant farm workers. At an early age,my family moved to the urban
North-East. Now I live in the suburban North-East with my husband and a
large assortment of plants. I hold bachelors and masters
degrees in Human Resource Management and currently work in the health
care industry.

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